Mel Giedroyc: A Disappointment?
21stCenturyBoy
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The ineptitude of BBC3's Semi Final coverage is well known, but I thought they'd found a winning formula this year by bringing in renowned Eurovish (no) fan Mel Giedroyc.
Awkward.
I really feel she was as bad as Scott at times and tried way too hard to be wacky, kooky, zany and all of those other horrid words irritants afford themselves to sound like they have a personality. I'm a big fan of her work elsewhere, but I really don't think she fit the role this year (although she still was a veritable Katie Boyle next to Scott Mills...)
I'd love the BBC just to go in for a penny and bring in Ana Matronic now ... giving her the radio gig only seems more than a little churlish, especially when you consider she was the sole saving grace of the 2013 semis.
Awkward.
I really feel she was as bad as Scott at times and tried way too hard to be wacky, kooky, zany and all of those other horrid words irritants afford themselves to sound like they have a personality. I'm a big fan of her work elsewhere, but I really don't think she fit the role this year (although she still was a veritable Katie Boyle next to Scott Mills...)
I'd love the BBC just to go in for a penny and bring in Ana Matronic now ... giving her the radio gig only seems more than a little churlish, especially when you consider she was the sole saving grace of the 2013 semis.
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There is a difference between gentle ribbing, and downright rude and offensive remarks. Since Terry Wogan, commentators seem to think they need to outdo themselves with nasty barbs about contestants and countries.
It becomes unbearable with the results when Graham comes out with things like - 'ok ukraine are getting 12 here' not noticing that they had already got 4 or something. That happened several times last year, and its infuriating.
I agree with the OP, she seemed to be trying far too hard to be flippant and irreverant
It's true, they feel they have to make some Wildean witty remark after each and every performance - and simply reveal how unwitty they (Mills was predictably just as bad) are
The slovenia remark was the only one i laughed at last night, sorry
Why do they need two people? Just have somebody who can give us some background on each song. We can form our own opinions and they can read some of those out. We don't need their opinnions.
She doesn't even go here! Nor were plenty of the competitors for the UK. It's knowledge and enthusiasm that counts. And yes, the commentators are allowed to be enthusiastic about all the songs.
graham norton should do the semi-finals with scott mills
I just loved her
light hearted, fun, coherent, made me laugh several times.
she's adorable.
I hate the 'love to hate' culture
The same person who did Molly's.
As mentioned above I think she was still trying too hard to me smart but she wasn't nearly as annoying and 'listen to me me me' as on Tuesday.
The bits inbetween I half listen to whilst reading and posting here.
I watched the first semi final ;-)
You're right, she wasn't as bad but still pretty overbearing.
Seems I may also be in the minority in loving Scott and thinking Scott and Mel worked pretty well over the two semi finals. Not perfect (such as gratingly refering to Eurovision as "Eurovish," but generally good).
For me Scott's love for modern Eurovision has shone through over the years he has been doing the BBC Three and long may it continue (in my opinion).